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Man killed when truck hits embankment and he is thrown from vehicle.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Charlotte, NC
One person died early Sunday morning in a one vehicle fatal wreck at the intersection of Fewell Road and SC 274 in York County, troopers say. The wreck occurred around 12:22 a.m. when the driver of a 2006 Ford Pickup truck struck an embankment according to South Carolina Highway Patrol. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the truck. The driver died at the scene, SCHP says. The wreck happened about eight miles outside of Clover.

Barry Moss killed by hit and run driver in Town of Evans.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Buffalo, NY

Town of Evans authorities today were looking for the driver of a sport utility vehicle who drove off after fatally striking a man walking on Route 5 near Gold Street overnight. Police believe the victim, Barry Moss, 52, of the Town of Evans, was killed by a Ford SUV traveling west toward the Town of Brant sometime overnight. The driver fled after the accident, which occurred on a section of Route 5 known as Erie Road, police said. Moss’s body was found several hours later by a citizen who arrived at a nearby business at about 6 a.m., police said.

Paul B. Carr cited for texting after rear-ending car driven by Rebecca M. Boshears. Minor injuries reported.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Portland, OR

A 44-year-old Vancouver man was cited for driving while texting after he was involved in a Sunday afternoon accident. The Washington State Patrol said Paul B. Carr was westbound about 12:53 p.m. on state Highway 500 in a 1994 Nissan Sentra when his car collided with the back of a 2014 Chevrolet Spark driven by Rebecca M. Boshears, 24, of Lake Oswego, Ore. The collision at Stapleton Road pushed the Spark into a jersey barrier, the patrol said. Carr and Boshears were treated at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and then released. Two of Boshears’ passengers also were taken to hospitals.

Driver flees after hit-and-run crash leaves one of his passengers dead in Houston, Texas

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Houston, TX
Police are searching for the driver of a pickup who slammed into a utility pole late Sunday night, killing one of his passengers and injuring another as he sped away from an apparent hit-and-run wreck moments earlier in southwest Houston. The fatal wreck occurred about 11:15 p.m. in the 9400 block of the outbound Southwest Freeway frontage road near Bissonnet, according to the Houston Police Department.

Robert Blisard, 41, crashes car into pond on Commons Boulevard in Newcastle, Delaware

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Philadelphia, PA
Police say a Clayton man was drunk and speeding when he lost control of his car and crashed into a retention pond in New Castle, Delaware. The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Friday. New Castle County police say the driver, 41-year-old Robert Blisard, hit the rear bumper of another vehicle, causing him to lose control of his car and crash into the pond located off the east bound lanes of Commons Boulevard near Reads Way. The driver of the other vehicle and a passenger in Blisard’s car were treated for minor injuries.

Pastoo Pereire struck and killed by hit-and-run driver on Occoquan Road in Woodbridge, Virginia

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Washington, DC
A man was killed Sunday evening after a hit-and-run accident in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. Police say that about 7 p.m., Pastoo Pereire of Woodbridge was crossing Occoquan Road near the intersection of Vineyard Way when he was struck by a vehicle headed north on Occoquan Road. The vehicle left the scene before police arrived, according to police. Pereire died at the scene as a “result of injuries sustained during the collision,” police said. Police said they did not know Pereire’s age and they did not have a description of the vehicle involved.

Three people injured in two car crash on Route 30.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Pittsburgh, PA
Three people were injured, one seriously, when one vehicle crashed and flipped over then was struck by a passing vehicle, according to Westmoreland County emergency dispatchers. The dispatcher said the accident happened at 2:10 a.m. today on Route 30 at the Mt. Pleasant Street exit in Hempfield Township. One vehicle flipped over on the highway then was struck by a second vehicle that apparently was unable to avoid the crash, the dispatcher said.

Bennie Lee Shaw Jr., 34, killed when his car rear-ends semi truck on Baltimore Beltway in Pikesville, Maryland

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Baltimore, MD
An Owings Mills man was killed Sunday morning after his car crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Baltimore Beltway in Pikesville, officials said. Bennie Lee Shaw Jr., 34, was driving on the outer loop of the Beltway near Greenspring Avenue at 4:36 a.m. when his 2005 Audi A8 rear-ended a 1999 International tractor trailer, according to the Maryland State Police. Shaw was trapped in the car and was rescued by Baltimore County firefighters, but was declared dead at the scene, according to the Maryland State Police. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.

Two killed, 3 seriously injured when car plunges down ravine off of Ridgeline Drive in San Bernardino, California

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
San Bernardino, CA

Two people were killed and three others were taken to the hospital after a horrific car crash in San Bernardino on Sunday. The accident happened in the 3500 block of Ridgeline Drive around 1 a.m., San Bernardino County Fire said. Three people were ejected from the car and two others were trapped inside after it went 150 yards down the side of a hill and ended up in a ravine, San Bernardino County Fire said. A man and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters found the other man who was ejected. He was immediately rescued and transported to the hospital.

Darnell Carter struck and killed by SUV near Yankee Stadium.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
New York, NY
A 49-year-old man was hit and killed as he tried to cross the Major Deegan Expy. near Yankee Stadium early Sunday morning, police said. Darnell Carter, a native of Melrose, was hit as he tried to cross the divider from the northbound lane to the southbound lane near exit 5 at 12:27 a.m., police said. Carter was hit by a Toyota Rav 4 that was heading South on the busy highway. The driver stayed on scene and there was no apparent criminality, police said.